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Kindergarten registrations open now for the 2019/2020 school year.
Please call 403-823-5244 to register or join us January 26th from 10am-12pm for a come and go Open House
Tours, information, registration packages, coffee and more!
http://greentree-school.com/documents/general/2019 Kindergarten orientation Registration Advertisement.pdf

The students of Greentree School present "Christmas Past"
Join us for this K-6 Christmas Concert at 12pm and 7pm December 19th and 20th
Doors open at 6:30pm
Tickets required for evening concerts
http://greentree-school.com/documents/general/
2018 - Invitation -.docx

http://greentree-school.com/documents/general/EA Substitutes advertisement.docx
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The Golden Hills School Division No. 75 invites applications for Substitute CUPE Educational Assistants to work in the Drumheller area schools.
Minimum Qualifications
A high school diploma and/or Education Assistant degree
Prior experience working with young children
Willing...

Thank you to Drum Online for telling our story!
Greentree School PAT scores above average for 2017/18
Category: Local News
Published: Thursday, 08 November 2018 06:00
Written by Allie Ruckman
Greentree Principal Erin Campbell-Bentley
Greentree School is churning out some smart cookies according to their recent Grade 6 Provincial Achievement Tests (PAT).
T...

http://greentree-school.com/documents/general/Portal Account Set Up.pdf
If you are new to Golden Hills School Division 75 or have never created a Power School parent portal account, we would like to introduce you to our Power School parent portal system.
You will use this system to access all information on your student including attendance, class schedule and quarterly report cards. Also,...

Attached is a Greentree specific PDF month by month calendar.
We will continue to update the web calendar with events and activities that come up, but this calendar has the current known events on it.
http://greentree-school.com/documents/general/2018-19 Calendar_1.pdf

Welcome to Greentree School!
The first day of Kindergarten is on Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 (even if you are registered for part time)
In order to ensure a smooth transition into school, we have a staggered entry for Kindergarten students. This applies to Kindergarten students only, not Pre-K students (under age)
If you are already registered for Kindergarten, you will be receiving a le...

Greentree School
cordially invites you to our
COME and GO BACK TO SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE!!
When: September 4th—between 8:35 am-9:00 am
Where: Greentree School
Why: To help your child get settled in their classrooms with their school supplies
Class assignments will be posted on September 4th, in the gym. We invite you to bring your child into the school, enjoy a McDonald’s...

Golden Hills School Division is extremely proud and excited to announce that Gavin S of Greentree Elementary School has won the Golden Hills School Division Orange Shirt Contest. Gavin's logo will be printed on shirts for us to wear for Orange Shirt Day, September 28, 2018.
National Orange Shirt Day recognizes the experience of residential schools and the students who attended them.
Way...

Have you received your child's invite to our Kindergarten Orientation in the mail?
It should be arriving soon!
If you are not already registered, please register right away- so that your child can attend the half day orientation for our Kindergarten classes entering Greentree for the 2018/19 school year!

Please take a few moments to complete the transportation survey. Your feedback will help us as we look for ways we can improve how we support you and your children. Thank you for helping us with this.
Please CLICK HERE for the 2018 Transportation Survey.

The Golden Hills School Division is very pleased to announce the appointment of Shelley Friesen to the position of Associate Principal of Greentree Elementary School commencing the 2018/2019 school year.
Shelley holds a BGS from Simon Fraser University and a Master of Education Degree in Leadership Information Technology from the University of Lethbridge. She has previous teaching experience at...

Transportation registration for the 2018/2019 school year is now open!
Please be aware that Golden Hills School Division has eliminated transportation fees. There will be NO charge to transport your child.
To register your child for Transportation please visit: 2018/2019 Transportation Request
For any questions regarding Transportation Services in Golden Hills School Division please cal...

The staff and students of Greentree School will be donating all profits from the hockey pool to the Humboldt families.
Very quick turn around this year.....
Forms due back to Greentree School office by Wednesday April 11th at 4:30pm
Forms available here- or at Greentree School
http://greentree-school.com/documents/general/Hockey Pool Greentree 2018.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VZCbmkB7QE
We are excited to let you know that we are accepting Kindergarten registrations for the 2018/19 school year.
Students need to be 5 by February 28th, 2019
We offer full and part time, daily physical activities in our full sized gym, library, and more!
We have Leadership Teams, Club Days, a fully accesible playground, and large spacious, bright...

PINK SHIRT DAY
FEBRUARY 28TH
Wear pink on February 28 to show your support to end bullying and promote healthy relationships.
Bullying is a problem in our schools, workplaces, homes, and on the internet. The pain of being picked on, excluded, shamed, assaulted, or gossiped about – is unacceptable. This year’s focus is cyberbullying.
Having trouble finding a pink t-shirt?
Offic...

http://greentree-school.com/documents/general/FLD 2018 poster.pdf
Family Literacy Day Step right up and join us for A Silver and Gold Carnival!!
Must pre-register before Jan 25th by calling Kim at 403-823-1369
Saturday January 27th, 2018 from 2-4 pm at the Badlands Community Facility
16 games to play
Bring 16 Canadian coins to participate!!

We are very pleased to announce that Greentree students and staff have raised $2768.35 for the Terry Fox Foundation.
We are so proud of our school and local community for pulling together and contributing to this cause.
Thank you to our Grade 2 team who headed up this event, and to all our volunteers who made it happen!
Way to go Greentree! We are Planting the SEEDS for life!

LEADERS WANTED!! :)
DUE NOVEMBER 6TH!!
You will find the job descriptions by the Virtues Tree across from the office.
They are also attached here if you would like to have a look! http://greentree-school.com/documents/general/Team Posters for Leadership.pdf
To apply:
1. Pickup an application form from the bulletin board (attached here as well http://greentree-school.com/document...

For Immediate Release - Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Students in the Golden Hills School Division are performing well and continue to improve in many areas according to the most recent results on the 2016-2017 Provincial Achievement Test and Diploma Examinations.
“Our focus is students who are gaining the skills to become strong collaborative critical thinkers, problem solvers, innovators an...

We are warm and cozy at Greentree school and classes are in session!
We have heat and power, but no phone access.
We have just learnt that rural buses are not running. Parents of out of town students will need to make arrangements for students to be picked up.
Students will be kept at the school until arrangements have been made for pick up. Please check in at the office, so we are awar...

Breakfast Program Needs Your Help!!
Volunteers are an integral part of our breakfast program’s operation and the heart and soul of our program. Our volunteers know that they are doing much more than serving breakfast every morning – they are improving the quality of life and learning for our students.
We are desperately seeking volunteers to help with our program. Without our volun...

School Council is publishing a monthly newsletter!
You can find them on our website, as well as theirs!!
Please follow School Council at http://greentreeschoolcouncil.weebly.com/documents.html
You can link to the September Newsletter here: http://greentree-school.com/documents/general/September 2017 Newsletter School Council.pdf

We would ;like to invite you to our Meet the Staff evening!
Tuesday September 12th, 2017 6:30-7:30pm
We will begin in the gym- and then go to classrooms!
We hope you are able to join us tomorrow evening!

Planting the Seeds for Life!
With our increased enrollment in Kindergarten this Fall we are excited to let you know that we are advertising to hire a teacher for a third Kindergarten class in order to reduce class sizes.
Once we have hired, we will communicate class assignments and teacher names!
Thank you!!

Smile Cookies
From September 11th to 17th Tim Horton’s will be selling Smile Cookies for $1.00 plus GST. Some proceeds from this are going to the Greentree School Breakfast Program.
Please spread the word and purchase a smile cookie with your next coffee.

Attached you will find a full year school calendar. http://greentree-school.com/documents/general/Calendar 2017-18.pdf
We will update our website calendar with events that come up..... like dress up days, assemblies, etc.
This calendar has school closure days, report cards, interviews, club days, etc........
You should also receive a magnet with many of these dates on it.
Greentre...

Greentree School Council Events
Help us make this years events a success. Many hands make light work!
School Council is using a new online program to collate volunteer names for the upcoming school year.
It is called signup.com and the Greentree School link is http://signup.com/go/YnzUbux
Previously, School Council has sent out paper copies, and asked for them to be filled in and...

Greentree School cordially invites you to our
COME and GO BACK TO SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE!!
When: September 5th—between 8:35 am-9:00 am
Where: Greentree School
Why: To help your child get settled in their classrooms with their school supplies
Class assignments will be posted on September 5th, not in report cards as previously done. We invite you to bring your child into the sc...

We are proud to announce that 11 of our students won prizes both locally and within the Calgary district for their posters and poems submitted to our local Legion!
Olivia Hern, Shayle Watts and Piper McCluskey won Third place, and a prize of $20 each
Elena Eskeland, Sophia Scott, Gavan Cassidy and Mia Manca (not in photo) placed second and received $30 each
Rachel Bolin, Peyton Jede, Ki...

It is an exciting time in our province as Alberta Education continues its development of a student-centered provincial curriculum that will enrich students’ lives and prepare them for careers in a diversified and global economy and society. This spring, Alberta Education is looking to Albertans to participate in a validation process where education stakeholders will be able to provide their refl...

A plan to create Drumheller's only accessible playground continues to draw people's attention, and dollars.
Greentree School and its Parents Committee accepted a cheque on Monday, May 1 for $3,000 from local Tim Horton's owner Bob Carey.
"Kathy and I and our staff, we're just really excited and honoured to help out and give back to the community that supports us," he told 99.5 Drum F...

The Golden Hills School Division is very pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Richardson to the position of Associate Principal of Greentree Elementary School effective the 2017/2018 school year.
Sarah holds a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta and is completing her Masters of Education Degree in Educational Leadership from Thompson Rivers University. She began her car...

Greentree Elementary School offers full day or part time Kindergarten Programing
ALL STUDENTS WELCOME!
Children must be 5 years old by February 28, 2018.
To register please complete our registration form and submit it to Greentree School.
Kindergarten students benefit from:
A safe, caring school environment
Focus on hands-on, powerful learning
Well-developed bal...

The Greentree School Accessible Playground fundraising is inching closer and closer to become a reality.
Yesterday, April 26, two local businesses donated funds.
"We had Subway come out for a photo op at our playground where our new one is going in. They've given us $1,000 towards our fundraising for our playground. We had Centre Street Insurance come out as well with a total of $1,000 too,"...

Want a chance to win $100 for your artwork?
Riverside Medical needs a new logo?
Submit your designs by May 16, 2017 to info@riversidemedical.ca
Their website is www.RiversideMedical.ca
the poster is attached here http://greentree-school.com/documents/general/Logo contest 2017.pdf

Greentree playground is one step closer to being renovated to become more accessible.
Parent council received a cheque for $1000 from H&R Block on April 21.
"Everybody has come together as both a school community and town community," said Kim Groves with the Greentree parent council. "Everybody is excited about the playground and really wanting to help out."
Community members gave a donat...

Have you heard the great news? Mark your calendars!!
Western GM is proudly sponsoring the 2017 BUICK Drive for your Students!!
Test drive a new Buick to help raise up to $10,000 for our playground!! We will also be helping out DVSS!
When: Friday May 26th 12:00-9:00 pm at DVSS parking lot and Saturday May 27th 9:00-5:00pm at the dealership
Car wash and BBQ on Saturday at the dealership...

It is that time of year again..... NHL playoffs!! Entries must be received by Wednesday April 12th, 4pm - to Greentree School Office!
$20 per entry, pick 20 players, but no more than 5 players from one team!
Each goal or assist is worth 1 point.
Here is the form: http://greentree-school.com/documents/general/Hockey Pool Greentree 2017 1.pdf
Good Luck!!

Please note that our playground and field are very wet and muddy!!
It is a school requirement that ALL students have a weather appropriate coat, mitts, tuque, and boots!! Division 1 students also need rain or snow pants. If you wish to send your Div 2 student with splash pants- we will have them wear them! In this weather, it is also important that students have a change of clothes in their loc...

The teachers and staff at Greentree Elementary School are feeling the love this week as the Parent Council take time to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week.
"It's more of the parent council that is just saying thank you to the teachers. The students themselves don't have a whole lot that they take part in, (but) they take part in the decorating. We decorate all the teachers doors and ea...